Return of the Grammy BEYONCÉ KNOWLES of Destiny's Child was out early yesterday. She went to the Four Seasons restaurant for a ceremony to announce the date of an announcement -- specifically, the date on which nominations for the Grammy Awards...

In an extraordinary Saturday night session in federal court in Brooklyn, a judge last night sentenced a former police officer, Charles Schwarz, to five years in prison for perjury stemming from the torture of Abner Louima in a police stationhouse in...

A federal judge in Brooklyn made two rulings in the Abner Louima torture case yesterday that sharply limited the defense's strategic options on the day the jury was selected for the fourth trial of the former police officer Charles Schwarz. The...

As a federal judge began questioning potential jurors for the fourth trial of Charles Schwarz in the Abner Louima case yesterday, many of the people called to federal court in Brooklyn said they had only hazy memories of the case that has made...

A Brooklyn federal judge denied a defense motion yesterday for a change of venue in the coming trial of Charles Schwarz, a former police officer charged with taking part in the torture of Abner Louima five years ago. The ruling by Judge Reena...